Collapsing Buildings and Roadways

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Highway collapse, Jingdong, China, 03.11.25

Building Collapse in Manchester, UK

October 17, 2025, a playground collapsed at Zijiang School in Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, fortunately no casualties were reported. The Zijiang School playground collapse emergency response headquarters announced on Saturday that they have begun an investigation to the cause.

The emergency response headquarters confirmed that the west wall and some playgrounds of the campus of the school collapsed, and the corners of the west side of the Boxue Building (teaching building) were damaged.

ZETATALK: THE STRETCH ZONE, THAT SINKING FEELING

ZetaTalk explores the concept of Earth's "stretch zones"—regions where tectonic plates are being pulled apart due to planetary forces, particularly in anticipation of a predicted pole shift. It focuses heavily on the eastern seaboard of the U.S., the Caribbean, and parts of Europe, warning that these areas will experience significant land subsidence due to the widening of the Atlantic Rift.

Key points include:

• Historical evidence of submerged forests and civilizations off the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda.

• Predictions that areas like Florida, Georgia, and the UK will lose elevation and be permanently flooded.

• A detailed catalog of sinkholes, train derailments, infrastructure collapses, and mysterious odors from 2004–2005, interpreted as signs of Earth stretching.

• The concept of “imploding cities”, where underground infrastructure fails due to shifting rock layers.

• Warnings to relocate from vulnerable coastal and low-lying areas before the pole shift occurs.

More: https://www.zetatalk.com/index/blog1010.htm

[Howard]

Dam Collapse Destroys Xinjiang Village (Feb 2)

One person was killed and 20 hospitalized after a Xinjiang village was inundated with freezing water Saturday.

The Lianfeng reservoir outside Urumqi began to lose water around 6am February 2 when a retaining wall collapsed, sending as much as 100,000 cubic meters of water into the nearby Kaziwan village.

Surface water quickly froze as temperatures hovered around -15 C Saturday. A 65-year-old villager apparently drowned and 20 residents were treated for possible lower-leg frostbite after standing in the freezing water before being rescued, Xinhua reported.

"Many of the 20 injured, aged from 4 months to 78, were treated for frozen feet and ankles," a director surnamed Liu from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University told the Global Times.

Authorities say they are still investigating the cause of the accident. The dam had been declared "dangerous" last year, with a reinforcement project having been begun late last summer.

Source

http://shanghaiist.com/2013/02/05/photos_dam_collapse_destroys_xinj...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/2-hurt-as-building-caves-in-near-...

2 hurt as building caves in near Damoria bridge

Wed Feb 06 2013, 00:57 hrs

A building near Damoria bridge collapsed on Tuesday morning due to dust storms and rainfall.

The building belonged to Jagdish Lal, 56, who had a small shop of auto spare parts in the front portion while the upper portion was rented out.

Sudesh Kumar, the brother of Lal, and his son Varun were injured when the building collapsed. While the former suffered head injury, his son got his shoulder injured.

Lal told Ludhiana Newsline, "The building was very old and weak, and we told the tenant a number of times to remove heavy hoardings from it but he never listened to us. Moreover, we are already fighting a property dispute for the building due to some old issues."

"We have already consulted our lawyer and made fresh allegations against the tenant for installing heavy hoardings despite warning. All our cycles and scooters which came for repair are destroyed in the collapse. Actual loss is yet to be assessed,'' said Varun.

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http://stjoechannel.com/fulltext?nxd_id=325232

American Legion Building Collapses in Burlington Junction

Updated: February 4, 2013

(BURLINGTON JUNCTION, Mo.) The American Legion building in Burlington Junction collapsed Sunday night.

The Legion Post #315 sat on Main Street in the center of town. The building was used by roughly 80 members who met on the first Thursday of every month.

The building also hosted regular suppers to benefit the post.

No one was inside at the time of the collapse. A member noticed bricks falling off the east side wall Sunday morning.

"It had a little hole on the east side wall about six foot high and maybe ten or twelve foot long where the bricks had fallen out of it, so I didn't pay much attention to it then," said member, Charles Bragg.

The meeting for this Thursday has been moved to the Burlington Junction Methodist Church at 7 pm.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8119979.html

Building collapse kills 2, injuring 5 in Ningbo

(Shanghai Daily)

09:19, February 04, 2013

A three-story residential building partially collapsed yesterday morning in east China's Ningbo City, killing two and injuring five residents.

The accident took place at about 11:30am. About half of the building collapsed.

People living in the neighborhood said there was a noodle production plant in the building, and they suspected the collapse was caused by the explosion of a boiler in the plant, according to China Central Television.

Rescuers were still checking the debris late yesterday in case anyone else was trapped.

It was the second recent case of structures collapsing in Ningbo. A six-story building collapsed at noon on December 16 in Jiangdong District after residents found cracks in the structure. A total of 256 households living in eight buildings in the area were evacuated and resettled temporarily in seven hotels by the local government.

A 24-year-old woman surnamed Dong was rescued from the debris of the collapsed building after having been buried nearly 23 hours.

Most of the families living there had been evacuated during the morning but Dong and a 21-year-old woman who shared an apartment on the second floor were still in the building when it collapsed.

Dong's roommate, who has not been named, was pulled from the debris at 4:45pm on December 16, but later died.

Ningbo's housing authority said the building's base had no damp-proof coating, common in the late 1980s, China News Service reported. Decades of soaking by rain had undermined an underground load-bearing wall, leading to the collapse.

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http://www.upiasia.com/Top-News/2013/02/03/Eight-dead-in-Pakistan-b...

Eight dead in Pakistan building collapse

Published By United Press International

LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- At least two workers died and another 20 were trapped Sunday when the roof of a warehouse collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, Geo News reported.

Rescue workers have removed eight people from the rubble of the building, located in the Nishtar Colony area of the city.

Rescuers were still searching through the rubble for the remaining 20 victims, Geo News reported.

The cause of the collapse was not reported

[Howard]

Fatal Collapse of 260-Ft Bridge Span in China Blamed on Fireworks (Feb 2)

(Dramatic photos suggest otherwise)

A fireworks truck may have been responsible for destroying a freeway bridge in central China yesterday and killing at least eight people, AFP reports. With the 260-foot span of concrete lying in a heap of twisted cars and trucks, China National Radio first reported the death toll at 26, but state media scaled that back to eight dead and 13 injured. Witnesses heard an explosion but disagreed on whether the fireworks truck caused the collapse or blew up on impact, reports Australia's News Network.

Users of Chinese social media were wary of blaming the truck: ''Firecrackers and fireworks are not enough to destroy a bridge,'' wrote one user on China's equivalent of Twitter. "If a poor quality bridge is destroyed by firecrackers going off, it's not a question of a loss of face, some officials have to be fired."

Sources

http://www.newser.com/story/162129/fireworks-blamed-in-fatal-bridge...

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-02/02/content_27870143.htm

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://africa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/28/content_16182312.htm

Buildings collapse after subsidence in S China

Updated: 2013-01-28 23:40

GUANGZHOU - At least three buildings collapsed on Monday afternoon after subsidence in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province.

At around 4:40 pm, subsidence occurred at a road junction in the Liwan district of downtown Guangzhou. About three neighboring shop buildings collapsed successively, said rescuers.

There are no casualties from the incident, which was near a metro tunnel construction site, said Guangzhou Metro Corporation on its official Sina-Weibo account, China's version of Twitter.

At 4:20 pm, metro builders found land subsiding near the project site and helped evacuate the area. Afterwards, the ground sank and buildings collapsed, Guangzhou Metro said.

As of 8 pm, rescuers adopted risk-prevention methods by backfilling concrete into the subsidence area. Monitoring statistics show that there is no further risk and the accident site is stable, it said.

According to a witness, surnamed Xu, some trees fell down at about 4:30 pm. Two two-story neighboring shop buildings then collapsed with ground subsidence nearby.

Around 6:30 pm, a shop building of five or six stories collapsed, Xu added.

The cause of the incident is being investigated.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/20671114/building-collapses-in-dow...

Building collapses in downtown Asheville

Posted: Jan 24, 2013 3:26 PM AST Updated: Jan 24, 2013 3:36 PM AST

By Casey Vaughn

 

Bricks scattered along Carolina Lane after the building collapsed. (Jan. 24, 2013/Kelley Klope for Asheville Fire Dept.)

ASHEVILLE, NC (FOX Carolina) -

Asheville Fire officials said a building in downtown collapsed Thursday afternoon.

The spokesperson for the Asheville Fire Department said the 5,200-square-foot building built in 1917 collapsed along Carolina Lane.

Officials said there were no reported injuries and crews are assessing the damage. They said the believe the building was in the process of being demolished or under construction.

Asheville police said Walnut Street between Lexington and Biltmore was closed because of the collapse.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-vacant-buildi...

Chicago

By Adam Sege Tribune reporter

1:42 a.m. CST, January 20, 2013

House collapses on South Side; no one hurt

No one was injured when a vacant house collapsed Saturday night in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.

The two-and-a-half story building collapsed about 11 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Evans Avenue, Deputy Fire Cmsr. John McNicholas said.

By interviewing neighbors and using body-sensing technology, firefighters determined the home had been unoccupied when it collapsed, McNicholas said. Firefighters searched the rubble as a precaution and found no one.

The building showed signs of renovations, McNicholas said, but officials are still working to determine what triggered the collapse.

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Kenya: Seven Dead in Kisumu Building Collapse

By Ojwang Joe, 17 January 2013

http://allafrica.com/stories/201301170777.html

Nairobi — The death toll in Kisumu following the collapse of a building under construction on Wednesday night evening has now reached seven.

Two of the victims were killed on the spot while the other five died while undergoing treatment at local hospitals.

A taxi driver who was near the building but escaped unscathed recounted the events leading to the collapse.

"This incident found me when I was near the building. I was talking to the watchman there when we had a loud bang. We thought it was a bomb. When I looked out, I saw that it was the building which had collapsed," he said.

Western Kenya Red Cross coordinator Emmanuel Owako said they were able to communicate to the foreman who was among people trapped under the rubble using his mobile phone.

"We have had 35 who were rushed to hospital. Nine of them were admitted to the Kisumu District hospital while the rest were taken to the Russia Provincial hospital," he stated.

Our correspondent in the lakeside town says rescue efforts are set to resume on Thursday to save lives of those who are still trapped.

The building came crumbling down at about 5.30pm Wednesday when the builders were doing the last touches before they wind up the day's work.

Eye witnesses reported hearing a loud bang followed by screams then heavy dust engulfed the whole place making it difficult for members of the public to rush to their rescue.

The building located next to Imperial Hotel on the busy Jomo Kenyatta highway brought traffic to a halt as the public made frantic efforts to access the accident scene.

Passersby were the first casualties as they were hit by flying debris as vehicles were also destroyed during the incident that attracted a mammoth of crowd.